BREAKING: Brittney Griner is being moved to a penal colony, her attorneys say.
"Our primary concern continues to be BG’s health and well-being," Griner's agent, Lindsay Colas, said in Wednesday's statement."As we work through this very difficult phase of not knowing exactly where BG is or how she is doing, we ask for the public’s support in continuing to write letters and express their love and care for her."
Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time WNBA all-star. She had been in Russia to play with a Russian Premier League women’s team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, which she has done since 2014., which has further strained issues between Russia and the U.S. The U.S. has proposed an exchange for Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Paul Whelan, in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer imprisoned in the U.S.,Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that the U.S."made a significant offer to the Russians to resolve the current unacceptable and wrongful detentions of American citizens."
"In the subsequent weeks, despite a lack of good faith negotiation by the Russians, the U.S. Government has continued to follow up on that offer and propose alternative potential ways forward with the Russians through all available channels," she said.
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